Premier League Chat: January 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Prem Round-Up (Jan 31st)

Well, well, well...

...it won't be a day of Premier League action that will stick out in everyone's mind now in all fairness. 8 games, 15 goals, 3 nil-nil ties, and a few rather dour games rounding up the days footy events.

All was started at The Britannia, as Stoke City played host to Manchester City's team of high-earners and the richest club in the world, but what good is unlimited finances if you can't turn out the results on the pitch? And that is a question Manchester City fans, staff and players in general will be asking after this game as they failed to take a point from their travels loosing out to a James Beattie header on the 45 minute mark. The games biggest talking point was the dismissal of Rory Delap as he was sent off as he up-ended Sean Wright-Philips, and then appeared to kick the ball forcefully at the Englishman as he lay on the deck. Fair enough, perhaps a good call, maybe a bit harsh, but the big question was "Why did Wright-Philips not get red?", as the speedy winger clearly kicked Delap on the leg after the ball had been struck toward him. A matter for the FA in the coming days one would have to think.

Arsenal and Aston Villa lost ground on the front three as both failed to score in their games, both drawing at home to West Ham (The Emirates) and high flying Wigan (Villa Park). Both sides should have been home and hosed here as they had chance after chance to score and take the points. Arsenal firing wide and weak and Villa unable to turn in goal-mouth scrambles. Its shaping up to be a tussle between the two for that coveted 4th spot as neither look capable of attacking the leading pack.

The Champions loaded the pressure on Liverpool and Chelsea as they won all three points at home against Everton as Cristiano Ronaldo finished a penalty for United in the first half. The second could have easily saw United awarded a second as Carrick seemed to be barged over and then late on, Everton's Lescott was pulled back by Rio Ferdinand in the box. Referee Mark Halsey waved both appeals away. It means United are now 5 points clear at the top with a game in hand over Liverpool and Chelsea, one of which or both will drop points tomorrow evening. A special note to Edwin Van Der Sar who passed the British All-Time record for longest clean sheet time of over 19 hours. Congrats to Edwin...

Tottenham Hotspur's woes continue as they fell to an impressive in attack and poor in defence Bolton who led 2-0 at the Reebok through Puygrenier and Davis. Things seemed set for a home win until up popped substitute, Darren Bent who found 2 goals in the space of 2 minutes to level things up and from there, Spurs drove on and one would have expected a goal from the visitors. My oh my were the tables to turn again, with that man Kevin Davis nipping in with a second of the game and Bolton's third to steal a point from Spurs and take all 3 Bolton's way. The win will do under fire boss Gary Megson the world of good as he looks to take Bolton up the table.

Other games today included, Blackburn Rovers earning a point away to Middlesbrough, West Brom coming from behind, twice, against Hull to salvage a crucial point and Fulham knocking more of the stuffing out of Portsmouth and Tony Adams beating the FA Cup holders, 3-1 at the Cottage.

Big games tomorrow between Newcastle and Sunderland, and Liverpool and Chelsea.

Check this space for the latest news and reviews!!

Premier League Results (Jan 31st)

Results;

Stoke City 1-0 Manchester City

Arsenal 0-0 West Ham United
Aston Villa 0-0 Wigan Athletic
Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham 3-1 Portsmouth
Hull City 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn Rovers

Manchester United 1-0 Everton

Fixtures ahead;

Newcastle United V Sunderland (February 1st)
Liverpool V Chelsea (February 1st)

EPL Preview : Manchester United vs Everton

Match Preview

United takeon the Toffees in late tea time kickoff this saturday - with fans believing that a win would put United withing reach of a third title in a row. United sealed an emphatic victory over West Brom with a five star performance with Ronaldo hitting the net twice. However the United boss will have one eye on tomorrow's Super Sunday matchup knowing a United win would put huge pressure on Liverpool or Chelsea to win. The United camp seems confident after injury worries are relieved slightly though Everton are on a run of their own putting up solid performances versus Liverpool and Arsenal. This match promises the be something special.

PLC Prediction

2-0 to United

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EPL Preview : Aston Villa vs Wigan

Match Preview

Wigan will be facing a strong Aston Villa side that are chasing a top four place and are in a great form at the moment, and could even challenge for the title. Former Wigan player - Emile Heskey is expected to start with high hopes after his debut goal against pompey on saturday. Bad news for the latics though , star striker Zaki may miss out due to a knee injury . Wigan are expected to start with new signings Mido and Hugo Rodallega up top. Good news for Steve Bruce as the stat book says - Villa have never been beaten Wigan at Villa park. Wigan will be hoping that the run continues.

Team News

Aston Villa - Friedel, Cuellar, Knight, Davies, L Young, Gardner, Sidwell, Petrov, Barry, Milner, Agbonlahor, Heskey, Shorey, Guzan, Carew, Delfouneso, Salifou, Osbourne.

Wigan - Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, Cattermole, Taylor, Camara, Kapo, De Ridder, Zaki, Mido, Kingson, Pollitt, Edman, Brown, Boyce, Rodallega.

PLC Prediction

1-1 Draw at Villa park.

'arry Interested In Keane Switch

Reports suggest that Tottenham boss, Harry 'Houdini' Redknapp is interested in signing out of favor Robbie Keane at Livepool, with a surprise move of Darren Bent the other way.

Keane left Spurs in the Summer and has failed to hold down a place in the team, finding no run of form, not scoring regularly and some rumors that the Irishman has had a bust up with Rafa Benitez.

Rafa has already stated that Keane wasn't for sale, but one must wonder...why spend 20M on a goalscorer, and not even play him? Especially when your drawing and in need of that little spark!

Either way, Keane looks far from happy sitting on the bench 90% of the time, and making the rare cameo appearance as Rafa sends him on for 10 or so minutes. Rumor has it that Liverpool will receive a £3M bid + Darren Bent from the Londoners to secure the services of Keane.

We will bring you the latest news here!

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United's To Loose

With the season entering a stage where one feels that the table is taking shape for the final game, Manchester United have come from behind, like last season, and took hold of the league.

Currently with a game in hand (A home tie with Fulham to be played), the English, European and World Champions are 2 points clear of Chelsea and Liverpool who both have hit stumbling blocks of late, Liverpool most notably.

With the game between Liverpool and Chelsea tomorrow ahead of us, many believe that should that game end in a draw, then United will need to have a seriously bad patch before the last whistle.

Today, United play Everton at The Theater Of Dreams, with the possibility of heading 5 points clear at the top.

All looking rather good fr United fans I have to say.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

LIVE Games Tonight!!!

Enjoy the following games LIVE for FREE at Premier League Chat tonight! :)

Sunderland Vs. Fulham

West Brom Vs. Man United

Portsmouth Vs. Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur Vs Stoke

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

FA Cup 5th Round Draw

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The draw for the FA Cup 5th Round is as follows...

1. Sheffield United VS Hull City
2. Watford VS Cheslea
3. West Ham UnitedVS Middlesbrough
4. Blackburn Rovers/Sunderland VS Coventry
5. Nottingham Forrest/Derby County VS Manchester United
6. Swansea VS Fulham
7. Everton/Liverpool VS Aston Villa/Doncaster
8. Arsenal/Cardiff City VS Burnley/West Brom

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Premier League Chat Transfer Tracker (January Window)

Enjoy the use of this wonderful service and see who's leaving where, and who's going where...

PREMIER LEAGUE CHAT - TRANSFER TRACKER

The topic is updated everyday and all is done by our superb G. Mod, Jerrakos.

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LIVE STREAMS - Sunday, January 25th

Today, you can find LIVE STREAMS for the following games on Premier League Chat...

Cardiff City Vs. Arsenal
Liverpool Vs. Everton

These streams can be found HERE

Enjoy!!

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